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Ciara McGrath's Articles Display Category|Title|Newest|Oldest Egg Donation - What's Involved? Many people can empathise with the pain of discovering you cannot have children, and some are so touched they are compelled to action. Luckily modern scientific techniques have for several years allowed people to help infertile couples through sperm and egg donation. However, donating eggs differs from donating sperm in the amount of preparation it requires, and the invasivness of the operation to remove the eggs. This is why in addition to a medical check up, family hi... Swimming With Dolphins - A Life Changing Experience Dolphins are mammals, like whales and porpoises which are adapted to living in the sea. They may live in the sea but they have no gills, so they come to the surface for air to provide the oxygen that their bodies need. Dolphins are social creatures that seem to have a particular affinity with humans. Many people have found swimming with dolphins to be a life-changing experience and this is often used as therapy for very sick children. Even seen from a boat dolphins seem so... Music Downloads - Staying Legal There are many music download sites on the Internet, though the legality of some of these services is debatable and the companies that produce CDs and records are trying to close some down. The concept these sites use to justify what they do is that of file sharing between individual members. File sharing is probably legal, but the file sharing of copyright material may not be legal. The MP3 format has changed the face of music. Music and speech can be converted to MP3 ... Grand Canyon Tour - Puts A Different Perspective On Life The Grand Canyon National Park is deservedly classed as a World Heritage Site. It has an area of 1,218,375 acres, 1,904 square miles. Most of the park is maintained as wilderness. It can be seen from the moon and is something that everyone should experience at least once in their lifetime. The Grand Canyon lies on the Colorado Plateau in northwest Arizona. The Canyon, carved over millions of years by the Colorado River, is immense. It averages 4,000 feet deep for its en... Aromatherapy - More Than Just Hot Air Many people have found aromatherapy very helpful in terms of their general feelings of psychological and physical wellness. Aromatherapy uses volatile plant oils in a natural form in massage, candles and other delivery methods. Aromatherapy uses "Essential Oils". The vapors from these oils benefit many people when they are absorbed through the lungs into the bloodstream, giving physical benefit. The aroma of the inhaled oils stimulates certain receptors in the brain, givin... Chemical Engineers - The Bad Guys For many years I taught Chemistry in high school. I was constantly appalled by the position of hostility towards the subject and the chemical industry taken by other teachers and by the media. Intelligent and allegedly well-informed people would argue that the industry should be closed down every time there was an incident involving chemicals. People link chemicals with pollution, spills and explosions. This link arises because the media coverage of the industry is inaccur... Antarctic Cruise - An Adventure Vacation For Everybody If you really want to get away from it all, think about a cruise to Antarctica. Underneath the ice at the South Pole is a land mass that used to be much nearer the equator, where it was forested with a normal variety of animal life. AS the continent drifted south, at a rate of centimetres a century, the species living there evolved to cope with the changing climate. Those animals still live there. The continent, or at least the Southern Ocean surrounding it are teeming ... Hip And Knee Ops - Motivation Is The Key To Recovery How can you prepare for your knee or hip joint replacement? ·Lose any excess weight. Getting around will be difficult for a while after your operation, extra weight will just make the getting around even more difficult because it placs an extra strain on the damaged ligaments, muscles and tendons. ·Increase your general fitness. This may be difficult if you are in pain and cannot walk, but consider other forms of exercise, like swimming, cycling or paddling a kayak ·Talk... Bad Breath - Teach Your Kids Good Oral Hygiene And Prevent The Misery Caused By Halitosis Poor oral hygiene leads to bad breath and the social ostracising of a child. People are not usually aware that they have bad breath and it is not something that one can mention, even to a friend, without causing offence. Once anyone is conscious that their breath may smell they become very aware of how they speak and how close they are standing to other people. This unhealthy attitude is so easy to avoid by teaching your children good oral hygiene. Milk teeth are replac... Mum - My Hair Is Falling Out My nineteen year old daughter, Siobhan, has a beautiful head of thick copper colored hair. She was horrified this morning to find clumps of it coming out when she was washing it in the shower. I had noticed for a few weeks that the amount of red hair left in the shower was increasing, but just tried to make sure she was eating healthily. Losing your hair is a natural part of the aging process, obviously for men, but also for women, after the menopause. My daughter and I sa... Skin Cancer - Early Treatment Increase Survival Rates Skin cancer can usually be treated successfully, if it is caught in the early stages. Have someone check your back regularly for any unusual spots or moles. The cancer can quickly spread to the lymphatic system and cause secondary tumors anywhere in your body. Cancer does not go away on its own and pretending everything is alright is a quick way to an early grave. You owe it to your partner, children and friends who all love you to look after yourself. Men are worse tha... Private Tuition - How Does It Work In Ireland? Parents have a natural desire to help their student offspring to reach their full potential, especially at Leaving Cert. Many parents choose to pay for tuition for their sons and daughters for a range of excellent reasons. Classes in many schools and colleges are much larger than the ideal. It is very difficult for many students to reach their maximum potential in a class of 20-35. There may be a conflict between an individual students and a teacher, or perhaps help is ... Bras - A Guide For Single Fathers Bras have been around in one form or another since the ancient Greeks. They were originally designed to support the breasts for the woman’s comfort, but now they come in various designs to provide breast shaping. Breast shaping bras include cleavage enhancing bras or push up bras. Even as recently as 35 years ago nuns forbade girls attending Catholic schools from wearing bras, instead they had to use strips of material tied tightly around the breasts to try to make them sm... Chandeliers - A Lighting Option You Should Consider Lighting makes a room. As a quick rule, the more lights or lighting options the better. A chandelier in the center of a ceiling should be one of the options you install if you are doing any room makeover. Chandeliers were originally designed to hold lots of candles and give a central light in a room. An electric light bulb achieves this more simply. Chandeliers now are decorative objects in their own right. The effect of a chandelier with lots of light bulbs in a room i... Psychic Ability - Fraud Or Gift? A psychic has some special powers that ordinary people don’t have. Some psychics are able to predict the future, others can communicate with the recently deceased. Some psychics are telepathic, others have the ability to exorcise ghosts. The police use psychics to help solve crimes, preferably without the media getting to know! The newspapers would have a field day mocking the police investigator who had to resort to a “fortune teller” Many people secretly believe that ... English Cheeses - The Glory Of Vintage Stilton Cheese was originally developed as a way of preserving milk. Now cheese is classed as a gourmet food, well, some cheese anyway. Cheeses from different regions have their own characteristic texture and taste because the conditions that the bacterial fermentation is carried out under differ. Cheese makers can use fresh or pasteurised milk, skimmed or whole milk and add colouring. Different pH levels for the fermentation and different temperatures will alll affect the taste a... Do I Need A Degree To Be A Fashion Designer? Do I need an education to be a fashion designer? You might be asking yourself this question at the end of high school or sixth form. The answer is preferably yes, as a degree in fashion will give you the practical tools and training and creative stimulation to follow your dream. But if the thought of spending money and time at school or university puts you off, the answer could be an Internet course in fashion training. A career in the glamorous world of fashion must be on... School Lab Horror Stories I taught for 28 years in three schools in England and Ire When you teach chemistry in a high school you get used to strange questions and donations. Questions like, “How does water divining work?”,or “My Dad says he wants you to give me a recipe for gunpowder for him to make his own fireworks.” People in industry used to use schools as dumping grounds for broken down machinery or hazardous chemicals. A knowledgeable chemistry teacher would have turned away these “gif... Childcare - The Dilemma Facing Most Young Families In our modern society most families have both parents working. In single parent families the lone parent has no option but to work. But...who looks after the kids? Parents looking for day care for their children have very few options; 1.) Stay at home and look after the kids 2.) Work when your partner is home to look after the kids (Now there's a recipe for a short relationship!) 3.) Put the children into a crèche, kindergarten or playgroup during working hours 4.) F... Isn't It Time You Gave The Hall And Stairs A Makeover? Giving the hall and stairs a makeover is a job theat most people put off for as long as possible. The job causes disruption throughout the house and takes longer than almost any similar sized room to decorate. In most houses the hall and stairs are central to the home, so it is time to get down to it today. This is a job that has been waiting for you for a long time, so you might as well do it properly, not just a lick of paint. It is time for a complete and total renovati... Selling Your Home – How To Obtain The Maximum Price In The Shortest Time. The first stage is to have your own home valued by a professional. An informal valuation, done with a view to placing the property with a real estate agent, is often free. Ask about what improvements are worthwhile doing in order to obtain a better price or a faster sale. Kitchens, Bathrooms and yard are the main areas that house buyers are concerned with. The kitchen and bathroom involve lots of disruption to replace and buyers will just go elsewhere, unless your home has... Choosing A Musical Instrument For Your Child Many parents want to encourage their children to learn to play a musical instrument, to encourage their musical development. The first instrument is often a music keyboard. These are reasonably priced and stimulate an interest in music even in very young children. Ask your school music teacher for advice, because some of the very low cost keyboards are very limited. The higher priced keyboards play notes softer if they are hit less hard, more like a piano. Your child ma... European Capital Of Culture - What's It All About The European Capital of Culture changes on an annual basis. Each country in the EU takes its turn having the European Capital of Culture (ECC) within its boundaries. The nation is fixed on a rotational basis, but there is great competition between the cities and regions of the nominated country for the honor of being nominated as ECC. The decision is made three years ahead, to allow time for preparation. The reason every city wants to be nominated is because there it wi... Debs - Make Your Daughter's Day Truly Special Celebrating your daughter’ s graduation from high school requires something very special. Her Debs has to be a night to remember all her life. What can you do as a parent to help achieve this magical evening? Spend lots of money on her, basically. Pay for make-up, hair dresser and dress. Buy her the new shoes, jewelry and accessories she needs. The evening’s preparations will last the whole day. There will be hair and makeup appointments, endless phone calls to be made ... Accident Insurance For Children - Have You Thought About It? Have you thought about providing financial security for your children in case they are seriously injured in an accident of any kind? The possibility of an accident putting your child in a wheelchair for life, is not one that anyone likes to think about. Not thinking about the possibility does not take that chance away though. Parents are increasingly recognizing that it is necessary to insure their children against accidents. They want to know that in the event of anything... Handbags - A Historical Perspective A recent study revealed that the average handbag and its contents are worth a whopping 900 dollars! That's 120 billion dollars women are carrying around in handbags nationwide. And can you blame us, really, when there's such an abundance of variety in the handbag market? It could well be argued that handbags have overtaken shoes as the luxury collectable accessory of choice for celebrities and ordinary women alike. But in fact handbags may have as long and controversial... Mum - I Have STD STD, sexually transmitted diseases have been called the 21st century plague. Sexually transmitted disease includes well-known diseases like gonorrhea and syphilis, but also genital warts, genital herpes and chlamydia. The stigma of what used to be called venereal diseases has largely gone, partly because everyone knows someone who has had to visit the STD clinic. Nice girls catch STDs, too. STDs are transmitted by sexual contact. The more people you have sexual conta... Leather Pants - Are They Your Choice? Not everyone can wear leather pants. More importantly, not everyone who can wear leather pants can find a pair that don't leave them looking like they are attending an eighties theme party or convention of ZZ Top fans. Luckily, as the Internet expands more and more, local leatherwear retailers and putting their leather pants, leather jackets and other goods online. It is the only way to get unique, top quality leather pants without paying a fortune. There are leatherwea... Is Your Partner An Alcoholic? If you are reading this then you are concerned at the possibility and want to know wheat you can do. Ask yourself these questions? How important is alcohol to your partner? How many drinks a day does your partner have? Does your partner drink alone? Does your partner drink in the mornings? Is there less money left at the end of the week than there used to be? The answers to these questions will help you to face up to the unpleasant fact that your husband or wife ... Contact Lenses - They Will Change Your Life, No Doubt At All If you have never tried contact lenses over glasses, you are in for a very pleasant surprise. Similarly, if you last tried contacts more than a few years ago, the technology has moved on so far that it is worth trying them again. Contacts win hands down on convenience; no more rain on your glasses blocking your vision, no more misting up when you walk into a warm room, no more uncomfortably hot or cold metal frames. Yes, you have to clean them once a day, but if you get th...

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